RS 40:1151 – Legislative purpose, findings and intent A. Purpose and findings. (1) The legislature finds that all persons have the fundamental right to control the decisions relating to their own medical care, including the decision to have life-sustaining procedures withheld or withdrawn in instances where such persons are diagnosed as having a terminal and […]
RS 40:1151.1 – Definitions As used in this Subpart, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context clearly states otherwise: (1) “Attending physician” means the physician who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient. (2) “Cardiopulmonary resuscitation” means those measures used to restore or support cardiac […]
RS 40:1151.2 – Making of declaration; notification; illustrative form; registry; issuance of do-not-resuscitate identification bracelets A.(1) Any adult person may, at any time, make a written declaration directing the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures in the event such person should have a terminal and irreversible condition. (2) A written declaration shall be signed by […]
RS 40:1151.3 – Revocation of declaration A. A declaration may be revoked at any time by the declarant without regard to his or her mental state or competency by any of the following methods: (1) By being cancelled, defaced, obliterated, burned, torn, or otherwise destroyed by the declarant or by some person in the presence […]
RS 40:1151.4 – Procedure for making a declaration for a qualified patient who has not previously made a declaration A.(1) Nothing in this Subpart shall be construed in any manner to prevent the withholding or the withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from a qualified patient with a terminal and irreversible condition who is comatose, incompetent, or […]
RS 40:1151.5 – Making a declaration for the benefit of a terminally ill minor A. If a minor has been certified as a qualified patient, the following individuals may voluntarily make a declaration to document the decision relative to withholding or withdrawal of medical treatment or life-sustaining procedures on a minor’s behalf: (1) The spouse […]
RS 40:1151.6 – Physician, health care provider, and licensed emergency medical services practitioner responsibility A. Any attending physician who has been notified of the existence of a declaration made under this Subpart or at the request of the proper person as provided in R.S. 40:1151.4 or R.S. 40:1151.5 upon diagnosis of a terminal and irreversible […]
RS 40:1151.7 – Immunity from liability A.(1) Any health care facility, physician, or other person acting under the direction of a physician shall not be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability or be deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct as a result of the withholding or the withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from a […]
RS 40:1151.8 – Penalties A. Any person who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, obliterates, or damages the declaration of another, including the removal of a do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet, without such declarant’s consent or who falsifies or forges a revocation or the declaration of another shall be civilly liable. B. Any person who falsifies or forges the […]
RS 40:1151.9 – General application A. Nothing in this Subpart shall be construed to condone, authorize, or approve assistance to suicide, mercy killing, or euthanasia; or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying. B.(1) The withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures […]
RS 40:1152 – Redesignated to R.S. 40:1281.21 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
RS 40:1153 – Redesignated to R.S. 40:1281.22 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
